Quotes About Hard work

There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.

Why not worship money? At least its rewards are obvious and immediate . But no, that was simplistic. Letherii worship was more subtle, its ethics bound to those traits and habits that well served the acquisition of wealth. Diligence, discipline, hard work, optimism, the personalization of glory. And the corresponding evils: sloth, despair and the anonymity of failure. The world was brutal enough to winnow one from the other and leave no room for doubt or mealy equivocation.

You realize, don't you, that I've worked very hard at cultivating apathy. In fact, it seems to be bearing endless fruit.

I work hard in the orchard, not for the money anymore, but for something I can't explain. Something worth more than money.

The soul of the diligent is made fat" (Proverbs 13:4).

I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are deeply religious, we have chosen to focus on our similarities, not our differences. We teach our children compassion, charity, honesty and the benefits of hard work.

still working hard at Google, even though they had the wealth of Saudi princes.

Thinking is hard work, which is why you don't see many people doing it.

I don't think my parents ever knew what they did for us. They were to busy doing what needed to be done. As far as we as she was concerned, we were rich as Rockefeller; I never heard her wish for more. She made us feel like we had everything, and we though so, too.

She firmly believed in the doctrine of a certain wise man of our own day who says that to push your work before you is easy enough, but to pull it after you is very hard indeed. All

I tell you, being on a soap is the hardest work, and it gets so old. Get on your mark, get in the light, don't turn too far upstage - that's all it is.

To be in a soap you have to be someone who is prepared to be at the grindstone, because it's all hands on deck.

Playing college soccer was going to be the top of my athletic feats. I wasn't going to the Olympics. I was a decent player, but it's because of hard work, not because I was Freddy Adu. I wouldn't have a medal from the Olympics if I wasn't in a chair. I wouldn't have gone to the Olympics and experienced the whole atmosphere.

Although, at times, soccer is a challenge to mind, body, and spirit, fundamentally, the progression of the U.S. women's game and those who play it reflects a distinctively American culture, rooted in our struggle, shared aspiration, hard work and self-determination.

There is that much to be done that no select or small portion of people can do; only the greater mass of the Irish nation will ensure the achievement of a Socialist Republic, and this can only be done by hard work and sacrifice.

I had a great teacher who was really encouraging and said I should go to Central Saint Martins. So I worked my socks off, and I managed to get a place there. It was there that I developed a real love for design.

I have total admiration for the Renault guys in the garage that are working their socks off, week in, week out.

I'm the sole provider for my child, I don't get any help. I'm not saying we're poverty stricken, but it does mean I have to work hard.

When it came to basketball, I was a fanatic. I started to focus solely on basketball the summer before my freshman year in high school. I worked on my shooting in the driveway, drawing up charts where I recorded each day's performance. I spent hours working alone on ball-handling. I ran five miles a day and played games against my friends.

This is the essence of the American Dream - in the land of opportunity, if you have a good idea, create a solid plan, and work hard, you should be able to reinvent yourself and get ahead.

I worked after school and Saturdays to save money to take an hour of flying, even though I couldn't solo.

Making the solution seem so completely inevitable and obvious, so uncontrived and natural - it's so hard!

I think that passion is the secret ingredient that drives hard work and excellence. My passion is to serve the public: to be in the arena of public policy, to have the opportunity to solve problems for our country, to be in a position where I can make a difference.

We must work hard to ensure that Social Security remains solvent for future generations.